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Hello and good morning (at least for those on the east coast at 10:38AM)... Mangus, you bet I could use help with a website. I'd like to discuss that with you, so please email me at dan (at) dancross.com. (note the anit-spam version of my email). As for license, I know for sure I'd like to encourage...

Dan, I am assuming that the main rulebook for ERP will come with templates for all the "standard" fantasy reaces (elves, dwarves, etc.). I am curious how ERP will handle home-brewed races? I have bounced an idea around to have a world populated with races that are anthropomorphic animals....

Dan, I have to say that you guys have done an amazing job pulling the developement of this game together in the amount of time you have. I know you have stated the game has been brewing in one form or another for years now, but I am still impressed with the speed of development and testing. If it t...

Banesfinger wrote:I see Goodman Games has now posted ERPS for a March release.

Yes, it got pushed back due to some issues that could have affected quality at the printer. Because we want it perfect, we had to delay. Once you get the book, it will be beautiful.

There will be Eldritch games run this year at Gen Con, headed up by my good friend and chief playtester Seth Clayton. Please look for this when signing up for RPG sessions this year.

Any update on when the game will be available? I'm chomin' at the bit here! :wink: The third Designer's Blog is written, and focuses on NPC and monster creation. I'm awaiting Joseph's approval on getting that up and out there. The Quickstart Guide is in revision, and is about 60% finished. I'll be ...

Bump... "The system sounds very point-buy, skill-base" (a good thing) and I wonder if it will have any kind of "feat" mechanic?" The reason I bring this up: while the "feat" mechanic in some games can be cheezy (+2 here, +1 there), the intent is sound: An ability ...

First I have to say that I am very much looking forward to getting my mitts on this game. I am very impressed with what I've seen so far. My question pertains to the situation where multiple opponents gang up on a single combatant. For example, two orcs are facing down an intrepid adventurer. Would...

Lots of questions (and I’m sure many of them will be “wait for the rules to come out” type of answers) I'll do my best ;-) What is the difference between (Unarmed) Brawling and Pugilism? Are they mechanically different? Likewise for grappling? When making an unarmed attack, the basic Unarmed abilit...

I thought the forum readers would like to see the format for a typical full-fledged NPC. Here is an example that may spark some conversation: Lt. Satordi Gacem Occupation: Commander, prisoner's volunteer police Gender: Male TY/CS: (Type/Challenge Score): Full-Fledged / 44 Race: Human Distinguishing ...

Dan, Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. Things are shaping up very nicely, and I am already sold on the game. I am crossing my fingers on good sales, so we can see Eldritch flourish past a one-shot rulebook. The setting sounds very cool as well. It almost has a Lord Dunsany / Clark ...

There is an official setting in the works... Can you give us a short (one paragraph) flavour spoiler on the official setting? :D Ainerêve is a dream world, a place both above and within the Earth that we all know so well. Inhabitants come to Ainerêve from two places: dreams and beliefs, and Earth. ...

Hello all, Hello! 1 - I am curious what format the books will be released in? I am assuming a PDF will be available, but will the physical book be hardback or soft cover? I believe it's going to be a 96 page softcover. 2 - What are the future plans as far as supporting materials? Modules seem like ...

There are no encumbrance rules in the system, because movement does not require the use of a battle mat or minis (so why track encumbrance?). With many of the other popular rpgs putting more emphasis on battle mats, grids, combat manuouvers, etc, what made you decide to take a different approach? A...

Hey Dancross, In any of your playtesting did you ever try a different genre. Sci-fi, western, post-apoc... Just wondering how versatile ERP could be. Dustin ERP was designed for epic fantasy and is not playtested with other genres. I imagine it would require some tweaks of the defense system to acc...

Okay from what i get so far if the GM asks for a standard check to .. let's say resist some torture the player would roll his dice rank for endurance plus his dice for a specialty in pain plus his rank for the torture mastery. This could be anything between a d4 and something like 3d12 (or even hig...

I have read the other posts and the samples are great, I am looking forward to the quickstart rules! How about some details on how purchasing and encumbrance (if any) work in this system? Just curious. 8) Characters start out with whatever non-magical stuff they can imagine. GMs can approve less mu...

Dustin R wrote:Hey dancross,

Things are getting quiet how about a new designers blog.

Thanks in advance,
Dustin

Sounds like a good idea to me. I was really sick recently, so that threw a monkey wrench in creative stuff. We'll get back on track.

I'm not pressing, just curious if we'll see this in February? I'm not sure just yet. We have it in playtest, and I'm considering expanding it for Gen Con, with a larger adventure and more explanation of the game system. The one I had was more of a "teaser". Therefore, it may be a little l...

I assume the Eldritch Role-Playing System will give players the choice to create the standard fantasy races (elves, dwarves, etc)? How difficult is it to modify or even create a new PC race in the system? Have the 'packaged' races been painstakenly ballanced so it would be impossible to change them...

Argamae wrote:Hi Dan!

I wonder if you would mind if I translate parts of your infos about the Eldritch Game System into German so I can post them in our RPG Forum?
Thanks for considering this!

Olaf (Argamae)

That would be fine with me!

So are scrolls "used up" after a single casting? How are magic items paid for? Does the crafter have to spend personal energy? XP? Actually, no. What I meant was that a magic item which "granted" a character a spell would work more like a scroll, in contrast to most magic items....

So if a PC was attacking the Giant Rat above would they need to inflict 4 threat [4 hitpoints] or 8 threat [4 hitpoints + 4 bite/active defense] to dispatch in a single hit? 4 threat points would knock it out, 5 would kill it. For Full-Fledged NPCs, it depends on their abilities. To be honest thoug...

It is mentioned in the Ad copy for ERP that there are rules for magic item creation. I was wondering what the flavor of items were. Do they give bonuses to skills/potential threat like weapons? Can they grant new "spells"? Increase die ranks? Just curious! Again, I can be patient if you p...

So there will be little or no chance for a PC to get felled in one shot at the beginning of combat. I assume also that there are creatures who have such low active defenses that they can be taken out by a single blow. Little chance, true, although if a character with little martial skill and no arm...